Subject: Kick-off Meeting of COST Action 863 "Euroberry Research: from Genomics to Sustainable Production, Quality & Health". In consultation with the proposers, I have planned the Kick-off meeting of the above Action to take place in Brussels on 24/01/2004 and 25/01/2004 at Avenue Louise 149 - COST Office 15th Floor. The meeting will start at 14:30 on 24/01/2004. The draft agenda is as follows: 1. Welcome 2. Adoption of the agenda 3. Presentation of the delegations 4. General information on COST mechanism and on the funding of coordination 5. Status of the COST Action 6. Election of acting Chair (and acting vice-chair) of the action 7. Working plan for the implementation of the COST Action (Memorandum of Understanding). - objectives and working programme - working method - organisation and management (including working groups) - distribution of tasks - time-table 8. Place and date of next meeting 9. Miscellaneous 10. Closing Please note that some COST countries interested in the Action have not yet signed the Memorandum of Understanding or nominated their national representative(s). The Memorandum of Understanding for the COST Action 863 has been approved by the CSO on 01/12/2004. The period within which COST member states can join this Action without any conditions being imposed, runs for twelve months from the date of approval of the Committee of COST Senior Officials, until 01/12/2005. If a COST country intends to participate in the Action and if this has not already been done, it would be necessary to: lsend the nominations of up to two national representative(s) before the kick-off meeting, please transmit the name(s) and address(es) to the COST - ESF office; only nominated representatives can be reimbursed. limplement the administrative procedure required to sign the Memorandum of Understanding of the Action as soon as possible. Please note that the COST National Coordinator shall ensure that all information regarding this meeting is forwarded to the nominated national representative(s) of this Action. Further documentation will be sent directly to its nominated representatives. Reimbursement of the nominated representatives will be according to the actual rules for expert reimbursements (for details see COST web-site http://cost.cordis.lu) Bouktje Stol, Scientific Officer of COST - Agriculture and Biotechnology
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